because the past is full of clues and the present is lovely

Almost 22 years

We were in New Hampshire over the weekend. It was lovely. Big puffy clouds sailing overhead, lots of time to walk in the woods. Bud and I walked in a part of the forest that he had never been in. We took the kids down to another part of the river where they swam and splashed.

Later on, we passed through the graveyard that lies adjacent to his parents field, stopping to pray at the graves of his brother and sister.

At night we feasted on the kid’s cooking, enjoying the night air. As if on cue, the fireflies came out to challenge the stars. The kids stayed up until the wee hours playing Othello.

They shot a part of their movie, timing it with the appearance of mist in the fields. All this richness coming from their young hearts. It is an ongoing happiness, this marriage and parenthood.